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Rockets center Greg Smith was carried off the court after a collision with Wizards forward Trevor Ariza and did not return with a bruised right knee.

The X-rays were negative, and Smith said he expects to play Wednesday against the Bucks.

“Everything’s good,” Smith said. “Nothing’s wrong with it. It’s still a bone bruise. I should be back by Wednesday playing. I was worried. I’ve never been kneed like knee to knee before. It was a shock to me. It was a real pain at first. It’s a little pain still, but I can walk and bend it.”

With the trade of Cole Aldrich to the Kings, Smith is the only center on the roster other than starter Omer Asik.

In the first two games after the trade, Smith made nine of 10 shots, scoring 18 points and grabbing eight rebounds.

He played just 10 minutes Saturday, missing his only shots and getting one rebound.

Lin meets with Taiwanese Ambassador
Guard Jeremy Lin took part in a postgame meet-and-greet session with Ambassador King Pu-tsung, Taiwan’s new diplomat to the United States, and a group of dignitaries from the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office.

King is considered the chief representative of Taiwan in the United States.